25 years ago: Education chiefs in Bradford were probing claims that tobacco pouch pushers were trying to get young people hooked. The problem followed fears voiced by a Keighley head about risks run by her children.

50 years ago: Firefighters spent two hours tackling a blaze at a mill in Ossett. Damage of around £1,500 was caused to a carbonising machine inside the building owned by Ossett Carbonising Co Ltd.